> On Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:54:48 +1300, Craig Miskell said:
>
> >>> The only problem with the latter approach is that pruning will still
> >>> occur if
> >>> a backup runs before you have finished the restore.
> >> Thanks for both suggestions; the first is a nice clean option, although
> >> so
On 11/19/2010 4:02 PM, Bob Hetzel wrote:
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>
> On 11/18/2010 11:00 PM, Dan Langille wrote:
>> On 11/18/2010 4:20 PM, Bob Hetzel wrote:
From: Craig Miskell
Subject: [Bacula-users] bscan, file retention, and pruning
To: bacula-users
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>>> The only problem with the latter approach is that pruning will still occur
>>> if
>>> a backup runs before you have finished the restore.
>> Thanks for both suggestions; the first is a nice clean option, although
>> someone
>> else suggested making the bscan'd volume Read Only, which is even
On 11/18/2010 11:00 PM, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 11/18/2010 4:20 PM, Bob Hetzel wrote:
>>> From: Craig Miskell
>>> Subject: [Bacula-users] bscan, file retention, and pruning
>>> To: bacula-users
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> On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:00:53 +1300, Craig Miskell said:
>
> Martin Simmons wrote:
> >> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:02:49 +1300, Craig Miskell said:
> >>So I have just seen a case where an old tape with a job that had it's
> >> file
> >> records pruned by the File Retention was bscan'd to
On 11/18/2010 4:20 PM, Bob Hetzel wrote:
>> From: Craig Miskell
>> Subject: [Bacula-users] bscan, file retention, and pruning
>> To: bacula-users
>> Message-ID:<4ce45109.4010...@opus.co.nz>
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What you've hit on is something I've noted too... I'm thinking it would be
a nice tweak/enhancement to bacula if the pruning function was disabled on
restore jobs. Another case that could trigger it might be just restoring
from your oldest backup.
I've no idea how simple this change might be,
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Martin Simmons wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:02:49 +1300, Craig Miskell said:
>> So I have just seen a case where an old tape with a job that had it's
>> file
>> records pruned by the File Retention was bscan'd to get the records back into
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Kleber Leal wrote:
> Maybe this can help you:
> http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/utility/utility/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#SECTION00274000
>
> copy/paste
> /An interesting aspect of restoring a catalog backup using *bscan* is
> that
> On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:02:49 +1300, Craig Miskell said:
>
> So I have just seen a case where an old tape with a job that had it's
> file
> records pruned by the File Retention was bscan'd to get the records back into
> the database.
>
> The operator then tried to run a restore, but h
Maybe this can help you:
http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/utility/utility/Volume_Utility_Tools.html#SECTION00274000
copy/paste
*An interesting aspect of restoring a catalog backup using bscan is that the
backup was made while Bacula was running and writing to a tape. At the point
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